Unit 31: MUSIC AND THE EMOTIONS
New Words
- Abstract: trừu tượng (a) # concrete: cụ thể
- Devoid (of): rõ ràng (a)
- Explicit: rõ ràng (a) # implicit
- Fancy: phức tạp (a)~ complicated
- Precede: đến trước (v)
- Surge: tăng lên (n,v)~ sudden increase
- Intricate: rối rắm (a)~ elaborate
- Chord: hợp âm (n)
- Connotative: (nghĩa) hàm chỉ (a)Connotation (n): hàm ý
- Embody: biểu thị (v)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. We want to build a national football team that ____________ competitive spirit and skill.
2. Adopted at an early age, he seems to be ____________ of any feeling for his biological parents.
3. The ____________ meaning of a word includes the feelings and ideas that people may connect with that word.
4. Elections are won and lost not in the four weeks of campaigning but in the long battle of ideas that ______________ them.
5. A ______________ is a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together, as a basic of harmony.
6. A last-minute _________________ in tickets sales saved the show from closure.
7. To do accounting effectively, you need to use some _____________ computer software.
8. We think such information should be made ______________ and not left vague.
9. The watch mechanism is extremely _____________ and very difficult to repair.
10. This debate is becoming too _____________ – let’s have some hard facts.
1. embodies
2. devoid
3. connotative
4. precedes
5. chord
6. surge
7. fancy
8. explicit
9. intricate
10. abstract
Unit 32: NEUROAESTHETICS
New Words
- geometrical: hình học (a) ~ geometric, → geometry (n)
- canvas: vải bạt (n)
- discipline: ngành học (n)
- moving: gây xúc động (a) ~ touching
- chimp: tinh tinh (n)
- acclaimed: vang danh (a) → acclaim (v): khen, hoan hô
- exclusively: chỉ (adv) ~ only
- meticulously: tỉ mỉ (adv)
- radically: triệt để (adv) → radical (a)
- underestimate: đánh giá thấp (v) → estimate (v): đánh giá
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. A _____________ pattern is made up of shapes such as squares, triangles, or rectangles.
2. She checked the painting ______________ for any damage before purchasing it.
3. Originally the contractor gave me a price of €2,000, but now they say they _______________ and it’s going to be at least €3,000.
4. You must _____________ change the way you do business if you want to make
any profit.
5. He makes a detailed drawing before he starts painting with oils on ___________ or linen.
6. “Dinner Party”, based on the _________________ novel by Bill Davies, was made into a film last year.
7. About 7 million years ago, we last shared a common ancestor with the ______________ and bonobos.
8. She does not teach the harp _____________ but also the piano and the recorder.
9. I have seen the movie now over one hundred times and I still find it very _______________.
10. Applications are welcome from candidates with a degree in a mathematics or other relevant ______________.
1. geometrical
2. meticulously
3. underestimate
4. radically
5. canvas
6. acclaimed
7. chimps
8. exclusively
9. moving
10. discipline
Unit 33: MATHEMATICAL REASONING
New Words
- algebra: môn đại số (n) # geometry: hình học
- arithmetic: số học (n, a)
- common sense: trí khôn (n)
- analytical: phân tích (a) analysis (n)
- numerical: (liên quan tới) số (a) numerically (adv)
- sharpen: làm nhạy bén (v) sharp (a): sắc bén
- testimonial: bằng chứng (n) ~ testimony
- theorem: định lý (n)
- omit: bỏ qua (v) ~ leave out
- spectator: khán giả (n)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. _____________ is a type of mathematics in which letters and symbols are used to represent quantities.
2. The new football stadium will seat 75000 _____________.
3. A ____________ is a rule or principle, especially in mathematics, that can be
proved to be true.
4. The achievement of record profits is a management in recent years.
to better financial
5. _____________ is the type of mathematics that deals with the adding, multiplying, etc. of numbers.
6. I hope this course will help me ____________ my computer skills.
7. I’d be upset if my name were ______________ from the list of contributors.
8. Gears can be changed only in ______________ order; it is not possible to upshift from first to third or downshift from fourth to second.
9. If I were to suggest my own view and that held by an ______________ and scientific mind, there is no life after death.
10. _______________ is the ability to use good judgment in making decisions and to live in a reasonable and safe way.
1. algebra
2. spectators
3. theorem
4. testimonial
5. arithmetic
6. sharpen
7. omitted
8. numerical
9. analytical
10. common sense
Unit 34: THE MEANING AND POWER OF SMELL
New Words
· odour: mùi (hôi) (n) è odourless (a): không mùi
· aroma: mùi thơm (n)
· faculty: khả năng (n) ~ power
· evoke:gợi lên (v) ~ bring to mind
· foul: hội hám (a)
· cue: ám hiệu (n) ~ signal
· bonding: liên kết (n)
· elusive: khó nắm bắt (a)
· struggle: cố gắng (v) ~ strive
· offensive: gây khó chịu (a) è offend (v)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Many families on income support have to __________make ends meet
2. Norman agreed that the wording of the advertisement was unnecessarily___________ and it was changed.
3. Many people come to America in search of an____________thing: the American dream.
4. Much of the ____________ between mother and child takes place in those early weeks.
5. A mouth-watering ______________of prawns cooked in garlic was coming from the kitchen.
6. Inside the room there was the unmistakable ____________of sweaty feet.
7. It is said that with fading age, the physical and mental________________do not remain as strong.
8. They started washing up, so that was our___________________ to leave the party.
9. ______________________ drinking water was blamed for the epidemic.
10. The smell of chalk always_________________ memories of my school days.
1. struggle
2. offensive
3. elusive
4. bonding
5. aroma
6. odour
7. faculties
8. cue
9. foul
10. evokes
Unit 35
New Words
- lifespan: tuổi thọ (n)
- ageing: sự lão hóa (n) age (v): lão hóa
- inexorably: không lay chuyển được (adv) inexorable (a)
- parameter: thông số (n)
- attain: đạt được (v) attainment (n)
- metabolic rate: tỷ lệ trao đổi chất (n)
- metabolism (n): sự trao đổi chất
- hibernation: ngủ đông (n) hibernate (v)
- comrade: bạn, đồng chí (n)
- cardiovascular: tim mạch (a)
- prolong: kéo dài (v) ~ lengthen.
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The operation could ______________his life by two or three years.
diseases such as heart
2. Uncontrolled diabetes increases the risk of______________ attack and stroke.
3. There are three _________________by which a speaker is able to modify the meaning
of the utterance-pitch, volume, and tempo.
4. The escalation of tension between the two countries led______________ to the outbreak of war.
5. Skin care products often claim to halt the ___________ process but in fact they can’t.
6. It was a special opportunity for him to see his old_____________ after 60 years.
7. Bats typically accumulate body fat in autumn, which serves as the main energy source until emergence from __________in spring.
8. The athletes had taken pills to stimulate their __________,which is the speed at which their bodies used energy.
9. Most of our students ____________________five ‘A’ grades in their exams.
10. They are slow-breeding and long-lived animals, achieving _____________of 70 years or so.
1. prolong
2. cardiovascular
3. parameters
4. inexorably
5. ageing
6. comrades
7. hibernation
8. metabolic rate
9. attained
10. lifespans
Unit 36: A JAPANESE MATHEMATICS LESSON
New Words
- ignorance: thiếu hiểu biết (n) ~ lack of knowledge
- repetition: sự lặp lại (n)
- supplementary: phụ (a) ~additional
- distribute: phân phát (v) distribution (n)
- comprehensive: toàn diên(a)
- homogeneity: tính đòng nhất (n)
- render: làm cho (v) ~ make
- circulate: đi vòng quanh (v)
- accuracy: sự chính xác (n) accurate (a)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The writers community believes the protests over the book are__________ and ridiculous.
2. I tried to ___________________at the party and talked to people instead of staying with
the friends I came with.
3. Besides the core textbooks, teachers often create_____________material for their classes.
4. She says she can type 85 words per minute with 90%_____________.
5. We want to prevent a______________ of last summer’s fires, which destroyed more than 500,000 acres of land.
6. Hundreds of people were __________________homeless by the earthquake.
7. We cannot be blinded by the smoke of_________________ ;we must rise up and learn
to see what is staring us straight in the face.
8. This is a country of handmade, individual wines whose greatest asset is
diversity, not_______________.
9. We offer you a______________ training in all aspects of the business.
10. The organization_________________ food to the earthquake victims.
1. unjustified
2. circulate
3. supplementary
4. accuracy
5. repetition
6. rendered
7. ignorance
9. comprehensive
10. distributed
Unit 37: MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
New Words
- constructive: có tính xây dựng (a) construct (v)
- managerial: quản lý (a)
- recurring: tái diễn (a)
- obligated: có nghĩa vụ (a) obligation (n)
- succinctly: xúc tích (adv) succinct (a)
- retention: sự giữ lại (n) retain (v)
- predisposition: khuynh hướng (n) ~ tendency
- dichotomy: sự phân đội (n) dichotomous (a)
- extrinsic: bên ngoài (a)
- intrinsic: bên trong (a)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The _____________ of old technology has slowed the company’s growth.
2. One word ______________ describes the economy’s performance: unbalanced.
3. She felt ______________ to him for all the help he had given her with her career.
4. They are haunted by a ______________ image of their daughter on the night she died.
5. It is accepted fact that there are more men in higher ___________ and executive positions than women.
6. You should always welcome ______________ criticism of your work.
7. I have always believed in an element of good that is ______________ to even the most cruel of people.
8. She was motivated by the idea of ______________ rewards such as salary rather than intrinsic ones such as pride and self-respect.
9. ______________is a division or contrast between two groups or things that are completely opposite to and different from each other.
10.There is evidence that a ______________ towards asthma runs in families.
1. retention
2. succinctly
3. oblifated
4. recurring
5. managerial
6. constructive
7. intrinsic
8. extrinsic
9. dichotomy
10. predisposition
Unit 38: WHY COMPANIES SHOULD WELCOME DISORDER
New Words
- countless: vô số (a) ~numerous
- rhetoric: lời hùng biện (n)→ rhetorical (a)
- creep into: chui vào (v)
- entrepreneur: doanh nhân (n)
- ironically: mia mai thay (adv)
- obsession: nỗi ám ảnh (n) → obsessed with (a)
- misguided: sai lầm (a) inappropriate
- for the sake of: vì (lợi ích của) (exp)
- embrace: đón nhận (v) ~ welcome
- rigid: cứng ngắt (a) ~ inflexible
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. A willingness to listen to the other point of view has replaced the ____________ and uncompromising attitude of the past.
2. Besides traditional methods, artists are ____________________new technology.
3. He was one of the ____________ of the 80s who made their money in property.
4. As she became more tired, errors began to _______________ her work.
5. How far the president will be able to translate his campaign ____________ into action remains to be seen.
6. She gave up smoking _______________ her health.
7. In her _______________ attempts to help, she only made the situation worse.
8. He’s always wanted to find his birth mother but recently it’s become an ______________.
9. ____________,the book she felt was her worst sold more copies than any of her others.
10. The new treatment could save Emma’s life and the lives of __________ others.
1. rigid
2. embracing
3. entrepreneurs
4. creep into
5. rhetoric
6. for the sake of
7. misguided
8. obsession
9. ironically
10. countless
Unit 39: MAKING THE MOST OF TRENDS
New Words
- profound: sâu sắc (a)→ profoundly (adv)
- adept : thành thạo (a)
- attribute : thuộc tính (n) ~ feature
- recession : suy thoái (n)
- vibrant: rực rỡ (a)
- commitment: cam kết (n) → committed (a)
- entail: đòi hỏi (v)
- stress: nhấn mạnh (v) ~ emphasise
- temporarily: tạm thời (adv) → temporary (a)
- obesity: béo phì (n) → obese (a)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. He always uses ____________ colours such as red and yellow in his paintings.
2. He is very __________________ at dealing with the media, calling the interviewers by their first name, making eye contact and a rapport with the person talking to him.
3. The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about ______________ changes in the lives of women.
4. A lot of companies have been adversely affected by the economic___________.
5. Patience is one of the most important _____________ in a teacher.
6. The doctor released a statement, ____________ the importance of getting a routine physical exam, so that the cancer can be detected early.
7. Marriage is no longer always seen as a lifetime _____________________.
8. A diet that is high in fat and sugar can lead to ____________________.
9. We might have to employ someone ______________ until we can fill the post.
10. Economic efficiency did not necessarily ___________ the development of large, capital-intensive factories.
1. vibrant
2. adept
3. profound
4. recession
5. attributes
6. stressing
7. commitment
8. obesity
9. temporarily
10. entail
Unit 40: UK COMPANIES NEED MORE EFFECTIVE BODS
New Words
- downturn: suy thoái (n)
- post-mortem: mổ xẻ phân tích (n)
- auditor: kiểm toán viên (n) – audit (n): sự kiểm toán
- overloaded: quá tải (a)
- remuneration: tiên thù lao (n) ~ payment
- heightened: tăng thêm (a)
- ethics: đạo đức (n) → ethical (a)
- erode: xói mòn (v). → erosion (n)
- capitalism: chủ nghĩa tư bản (n)
- capital (n): tiền vốn
- encompass: bao gồm (v) cover
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The festival is to ______________________everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts.
2. Many people further argue that corruption is rampant among civil servants because of poor_____________
3. With _____________, people are motivated by the idea of personal profit and success.
4. Without adequate protection from plants, the river banks began_________________ to
5. Next week, the party will hold its support in its________________ on the election and the loss of support in its traditional heartlands.
6. Professional _________________________are the guiding principles that are to be followed by or expected to be followed by the people in that profession.
7. Recent satellite imagery showed _____________________activities in the North’s nuclear test site, as well as stepped-up building for a new satellite-launching facility.
8. An overdose of paracetamol results in the liver becoming_________________, potentially leading to liver failure.
9. An________________________ is a person trained to make an official examination of financial records.
10. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the economic_______________________
1. encompass
2. remuneration
3. capitalism
4. erode
5. post-mortem
6. ethics
7. heightened
8. overloaded
9. auditor
10. downturn